By SALINA POST
Proclamations, public hearings, and a resolution in support of Kansas Wesleyan University's Pioneer Hall being included on historic registers are among the items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday.
About the meeting
Study sessions and city commission meetings will take place in–person in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street, and via Zoom until further notice. Meetings also can be viewed at the City of Salina YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/cityofSalinaKansas.
To participate via Zoom, citizens will need to use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89275984587.
The meeting also can be accessed by phone at 1-346-248-7799. Enter Meeting ID:892 7598 4587 when prompted.
If citizens wish to speak, either during the public forum or when the mayor requests public comment on an item, citizens attending via Zoom must raise their hands so that the meeting host can allow them to speak. Those who attend the in-person meeting will have the opportunity to speak at the podium.
Citizens also can send written comments or questions to city commissioners via email at [email protected].
In order for the commissioners to have an opportunity to review comments in advance of the meeting, please email your comments or questions by 5 p.m. the Sunday prior to the Monday meetings.
Study session
Commissioners are scheduled to begin with a study session at 3:30 p.m. The agenda for the study session includes the following.
3:30 p.m.: Salina Field House Lender, Inc. (Leverage Lender) meeting
3:45 p.m.: Salina Field House Qualified Active Low-Income Community Business, Inc., meeting
Regular meeting
The Salina City Commission's regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider the following three proclamation requests.
●Consider proclaiming Nov. 1 as Extra Mile Day in the City of Salina. Claire Ludes, executive director of the Salina United Way, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
●Consider proclaiming the month of October 2022 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the City of Salina. Mary Cookson, victim advocate at DVACK (Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas), is scheduled to read the proclamation.
●Consider proclaiming Oct. 24 as World Polio Day in the City of Salina. Sean Ryan, president of the Salina Noon Rotary Club, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Commissioners also are scheduled to conduct two public hearings. The first concerns a structure deemed dangerous at 316 W. South Street. At the conclusion of the hearing, commissioners will consider approving a resolution setting the date for a public hearing to consider whether the structure should be condemned and ordered demolished or repaired.
The second public hearing concerns a structure at 901 N. Seventh Street. At the conclusion of the hearing, commissioners are scheduled to consider approving a resolution declaring the structure to be unsafe and dangerous, directing that the structure be repaired or removed, and establishing a reasonable time within which the repair or removal shall commence and be completed.
Other items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday include the following.
●Consider approving on second reading a proposed ordinance amending Chapter 38, Article III of the Salina Code by amending sections 38-57, 38-58, 38-59, and 38-62 pertaining to contracts for vehicle towing and storage services.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a licence agreement with Community Housing Development Corporation of Central Kansas for property located at 1031 E. Elm Street.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution supporting and approving the including of Pioneer Hall on the Kansas Wesleyan University campus on the Register of Historic Kansas Places and National Register of Historic Places.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a license agreement with Bhakta Construction, Inc., to allow the installation of a private sewer service line within the North Street right-of-way commencing west of N. Broadway Boulevard and connecting to the city's sewer system at a point east of N. Broadway Boulevard.
●Consider approving a proposed ordinance changing the zoning district classification from R-1 (single-family residential) to R-2 (multi-family residential) on Lots 8 and 9, Block 3 of the Ryan Addition, located south of E. Schilling Road and east of S. Ohio Street.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution adopting the Live Salina Plan 2022 supplement.
Commissioners also are scheduled to meet in executive session to discuss the subject of legal considerations relating to the Drever Partners, LLC, development proposal with legal counsel.
So see the full Salina City Commission agenda for Monday, click here.